An analysis by the Association for Democratic Reform (ADR) found that as many as 35% of Uttar Pradesh parliament members face pending criminal cases before the state’s elections to be held next year. 27% of them face serious cases.
ADR analyzed the statements of 369 lawmakers and found that 7 of them had pending murders, 36 attempted murders, and 2 crimes against women. “106 (35%) of the 304 MLAs (members of the Legislative Assembly) from the (ruling) Bharatiya Janata Party (Bharatiya Janata Party) and 18 (37%) of the 49 MLAs from the SP (Samajwadi Party), of which 5 (31%) from 16 MLAs from BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) and 1 (14%) from 7 MLAs from INC (Congress) declared criminal cases against themselves in their affidavits, “ADR said in a report based on analysis.
Mukhtar Ansari of BSP and Vijay Kumar of Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal face 16 criminal cases.
ADR stated that the percentage of judicial assistance facing criminal cases has declined. In 2012, ADR found that out of 403 MLAs, 47% faced them. As many as 313 current lawmakers are crorepatis. BJP has 304 MLAs, of which 235 are crorepatis. SP has 42 crerepatis out of 49 MLAs. The BSP has 15 crorepatis, and the Congress has 5. The richest MLAs of BSP are Guddu Jamali and Vinay Tiwari. Two BJP MLAs and ministers Nand Gopal Nandi and Siddhartha Nath Singh have outstanding loans.
Ajay Kumar Lallu (Parliament) and Dhananjay and Vijay Rajbhar (BJP) have the lowest assets. At least 95 lawmakers have dropped out of school, 4 have just learned to read, and 5 have diplomas. At least 206 lawmakers are between 25-50 years old, and 190 lawmakers are between 51 and 80 years old.
News Source : Hindustan Times
